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It appears that 'Freedom of the Press' is slowly going the way of the dodo. However, I do have first-hand experience in dealing with certain members of the press, and really do not have a soft spot for them in my heart. In many incidences, as long as they use the word 'alleged' in their writings, they can pretty much say whatever they wish, whether it destroys someone else's life or not! Read my book "The Hindering" to fully understand my disdain . . . 
posted by
JimmyA
on February 14, 2014 at 12:14 PM
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The larger the institution the more paranoid it becomes. It is becoming too easy to track even the innocent and of course it will worsen in time.
posted by
C_C_T
on February 14, 2014 at 1:21 AM
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Very interesting reading, both your post and the comments.
It is a bit scary to me that 164 Netizens have been killed over such a thing.
posted by
TAPS.
on February 13, 2014 at 8:27 PM
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Let me do this again... I do not think the report is says that the media censers itself, what it is saying is that the media censers out anything that might be in the least bit harmful to the President or his policies. In other words they are lying to the people, I don't understand what needs to be said to make folks aware of this. What will it take to wake this country, and the west up?
posted by
UtahJay
on February 13, 2014 at 5:32 PM
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I do not think the report is say that the media censers itself, what it is say is that the media censers out anything that might be in the least bit harmful to the President or his policies. In other words they are lying to the people, I don't understand what needs to be said to make folks aware of this. What will it take to wake up this country?
posted by
UtahJay
on February 13, 2014 at 5:30 PM
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I am not sure that the mainstream media's self-censorship is voluntary either.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on February 13, 2014 at 4:47 PM
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It's not necessarily the government that censors what the media
covers and presents - the media's mostly owned by corporations which are not reporting their own sneakrets...
posted by
Pat_B
on February 13, 2014 at 11:45 AM
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I have my own ideas of Snowden...he has single handedly ruined Australia's relations with Indonesia the largest concentration of Muslim people on the earth!!!!
posted by
Kabu
on February 13, 2014 at 11:07 AM
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